Winding mechanism



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JOHN WILLIAM' SAGER, OF. CHICAGO ILLINOIS, A SSIGNOR TO WESTERN ELECTRIC a I COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF NE'W\YORK, N. Y., A GORYOBATION OF NEW YORK.

" WINDING MECHANISM.

. Application fi led March 30, 1925; Serial No. 19,461.

This invention relates to improvements in 4 windin-gmechanisms, and' more' p articularly to a highspeed coil winding mechanism.

"The object of this invention is to provide an awinding machine an improved means to rapidly and accurately distributematerial in smooth even layers on a. core.

Other advantages and features will be-- come-apparentfroni the following detailed 1" description taken in connection witlrthe accoinpa-nyingdrawings, in -which 1F ig. 1 is an enlarged side elevation of a COll winding machine embodying -the 1n =vention;

5 Figs. 2'21161 3 are plan '=ai1d end views re-.

spective'ly thereof; I Fig. 4 is Ln-enlarged plan view, partly in section, of thecounting mechanism;

:Fig5 is a section-taken on the line 5-5 111801131115111 p :-F1g.'7 is an enlarged section taken on the 25 i=line 77 of Fig. 2and looking in the direc- -tion o-fthe arrows, and

:Figs. 8, 9 and are detail views takenonthe'lines 88,v 99 and 1010 respece tively of Fig. 5. In the drawings in which like referencer characters designate like parts throughout the several views, -denotes abase, and 16 a housing mounted thereon. mAlso mounted: O'll tlie "base 15 is a vertical'plate 17 A main 35" drive shaft 18 is suitably "mounted in-bear i ings in=the ends 19 and 20 of the housing ;16,- and has a worm 21 formed thereon; Keyed to onecnd of the shaft area hand :whe'el 22 and a grooved pulley 23, the other 1 end of the shaft 18 being provided with ClIHClCQdWVlIlClI serves to hold a core 25' on which wire or other: strandmatei'ial is to 2 bGiWOUHCl. The shaft 18 is driven through the pulley 23 and a. belt26' Whichmay be "driven by any suitable source of power (not shown).

to which a gear 39 is secured by screws 41,

is keyed thereto. A sleeve 42 is also loosely mounted on the shaft 31 and has a number wheel.- A hole 46 is located in the wheel 43 in line' witli the groove 44 in the wheel and at ,a pointcorresponding to .thezero marking on the wheel 43. A member 47 is keyed to a reduced portion of the-shaft 31 and carriesa pin 49,0ne' end of'which extends :through thehole 46 in the: wheel 43, and tlieother end thereofengagesone of a plurality of holes in a hubbed-disk 51.

The number of the holes 50 preferably corpe'aring on theperiphery of the wheel 43. The number-wheel 43 is held inclose pron iinity withthe' number wheel 40 by springs 52 which also serve to l10lCltl18 l118111b61 47 inrposition to retain the pin 49in the hole 50. A shaft 55, in alignment with theshaft 3 1.

is suitably mounted intlie housing 16 and plate 17. Keyed to one end of the shaft and located in the housing 16 is'a' worm gear: 56. which is driven bythe worm 21. =The-liubbed-disk 51 i's secured to the Worm gear 56 by screws57. Keyed to-areduced portion at' the other'end ofthe shaft 55 is a flanged sleeve '58owhichcarries'a pair' of pawls 59 adapted to: engage a ratchet wheel whicli is rotatably mounted on the-sleeve 58 and'xke'yed to a pinion gear 61 also rotatably mounted on the sleeve. 1 The pinion 61 andratchet- 60 are held in place by nuts 62." hen the machine is in operation the worm 21: drives the worm: gear 56 which drives the shaft 55 to which the sleeve 58 is keyed and the 'pawls 59 engage the-ratchet 60 a1id turn the piniongear 61. thus driv- 111g iareversing mechanism hereinafter described. i Mounted 1n the support 32 is an apparatus for controlling 1 and driving the number wheel 40"coinprising a member 65, one end 66 OfWhlCll' is flanged and-the other end of vwhich has fastened thereto a wheel 67 havingteeth' 68 engageable by the'finger 34.

The inner side of -the flanged end 66 has a plurality of depressions 69 any of which inay be-engaged by a spring-pressed plunger 70.": -A shaft 71 carries a pinion gear 72 wliiielinqeshee with the 39. I

As the machine operates the worm. ill through engagement with the worm near so drives the counting: ineehanism fit). The huhhed disk 51 is driven hv the worm great it and the nieinher t is driven hr the disk 51 since the attached pin ll) engages one o! the holes in the dish. The pin 49 also engages the hole l-tl in the munher wheel tit turning the wheel therewith. The ratio hetween the worm .21 and the worm gear 56 is one hundred to one, the numher wheel 4?; making: one ("Ull'lllltllti revolution for each hundred revolutions of the shalt 18. The mnnher wheel 4 is used to indicate the turns in units and lens and has a douhle column o't figures on its periphenv extending; trout t) to an. t iince earn time the shaft in completes one revolution. one turn ot wire is wound on the core 535'. the number wheel 4:3 is adva need one inedimnlrmlth ot a revolution advancing the numhers marked on its periphenv one unit.

The finger 3 t rotates with the memher t'i'. \Vhen. one hundred turns ot wire have heeu wound on the core Elli the wheel 43 will have advanced one complete revolution. and the linger 3t one: one oil the teeth (it? ot and therein; rotating the wheel (3? and the member to which the wheel is keyed a suitieient angular distance to cause the spring pressed plunger 70 to engage the next depression 69 and for the gear to move the gear 39 and the attached wheel one onehundredth oil? a revolution. The periphery of the wheel 40 is marked in the same manner as that of the wheel 43 to indicate the turns in hundreds and thousands. The wheel l0 makes one complete revolution for each one hundred revolutions of the wheel 43 or in other words one hundred turns of wire on the core 25 are required to advance the wheel all one unit and ten thousand turns to advance the wheel 40 one complete revolution. The numher oi turns ot wire which ha e heen wound on the core will. he con stant'lv indicated by the numhers on the wheels as just described. It is obvious that the counter mechanism is geared for an (to tremely high speed winding: machine and since only two numher wheels are employed as well as due to the simple construction used the parts receive a minimum of wear in proportion to the amount of winding done.

The counting mechanism 30 may readily he changed to a starting); position at any time hy pulling: the hunt) 32-, outwardly. The sha it ill slides through the sleeves 4-2 and 3S and draws the. ineniher 4:7 into close prox imitv with the number wheel 4C3 thereby eom iiressinn the springs 52 as well as disengaging the pin ll] from the hole in the disk 51, and extending: the opposite end of the pin through the hole 46 in the Wheel 43 into the annular groove l t in the wheel 40. The sleeve 35 on which the finger 34: is

eaaaae mounted also slides with the shail'tv ill so that the tirurer Ji l cannot engage the teeth (38 ot the wheel 7 leaving: it. free to rotate. The hnoh 215", may he turned in either direction, rotating the wheel. etil therewith. The pin :16) riding}; in the annular groove l -l ot the wheel i engra r 'es the pin in mounted in the groove and therehv turns the wheel (it). As hereinhet'ore described the pin 45 is mounted in the groove it at a point corresponding to the Zero marking; on the wheel 4t) and the hole 4-6 in the wheel til is located at a point eorrmpondion to the zero marking on its periphery. it is ohvious that in the resett i'igg operation the ZttO figures on hoth wheels corre pond when the pin 4.) engages the pin 4-5 A hair of levers 15.31 and 11552 secured togethe' and rotatahly mounted at their lower ends upon the hare. 153 are in association with the inecluinisn'i just de erihed. A. tension spring 152?, serves to hold the upper end oi the lever I22 in close relation with a men1- her 1224; ha ring; a slot 125 in its side engaged h the upper end (it the lever 121. I The. lllQn'llKPl' 124; has an inwardly projecting end 126 which engages an annular groove 127 in the lmoh 33. ll hen the knob 33 is pulled outwzn'dly the member 12% is drawn in wardlv by the en 'ageinent ot. its end 126 and the groove 19!. The upper end of the lever 122 is forced into the slot 125 through tension induced by the spring 123 which inoven'ientcauses the lever 121 to fall in the path of a pin 130 mounted on the outer surface of the gear 39. The top of the lever 121 acts as a stop by engaging the pin 130 when the gear has been turned back far enough for the number wheels to he in position to start a new count.

A distrilmting means designated generally by the nun'ieral T6 distributes the wire event on the core and. comprises an ad justine' screw 80 which carries a guide roller E2! and is supported in a distrilnitingr arm slidahlv mounted on a rod 77. one end o'l which is mounted in the housing: 16 and the other end in an arm "8 setaireiil to the plate 17. An extended arm 81 secured to the distrihuting arm it) forms a rack segment which engages a rack 83 SUpPOllIGfl in a bracket St and in the end ot. the arm 78 causing; the distrihutinn means 76 to move with the rack 83.

A, gear reversing mechanism indicated generally l) r' the nmneral T5 (l ies. 2, it, (i and is provided for driving and controlling: the distrilnitlor means Th. A shaft is suitahlv mounted in a lJllCliGt 8t; and the housing: ltt. llotatahly mounted on shaft 35 is a sleeve RT on which is termed a gear tit) engaging the rack 83. Keyed to the sleeve 87 are two levers 8S and 89 in the ends of which is rotatahly mounted a shaft 90. Rotatahly mounted on the sleeve 87 is a hub 91 havingtwo gears 92-and 98-heyed -thereto.- A similar. hub 91- .is rotatably ..n1ountedonthesleeve 87 and twogears 95 .and 96 are keyed thereto. nThe gear 61 .drives a gear 97 suitably mounted.- on thc and driv-ing'a gear 102.

- 1 a gear 103. are keyed together and are suitably. mounted on the plate 17 at 104. The gear 103 meshes-with anddrives the gear 96. @This arrangement of" gears is driven bythep ---worm 21 through the worm gear 56 and shaft 55wl1ich-Xcarries the gear 61. The

5 gear 61- drives the gear 92 through the gears 97- and 98. The gear 92 drives the gear 96.

in? an opposite direction to that in -.which l:--the.gear 92:rotates',tln ough the gears 100;, 102 and 103.

topengage the gear 95. A-memberm108 is also keyed to. the shaft 90 and-carries a,

roller l09'xWl1iCh isengaged by an angular .scain surface.110 of a member 111. 'The memberll-l i'sislidablymounted on a sleeve 1 12 .which is keyed to the shaft 851-. Keyedv to. the opposite-end of the shaft 85 is an a; arn 1-140 adapted to reciprocate between two .stops-14:1;and'--1412 which. are adjustably: mounted in an arcuate slot 1413 in aiplate. 144. A slot -114-permits a-vertical mve-: ment of the member lllnwhiohvmovement isvlimited by a stop 115 formedon=the-sup.

wiport- 89 andextending through a slot 116 in the-member 111. A pair of pins .117 serve:

as guides for the movement ofithe member I i 111.-v A compression[spring118:.resists-the. downward motion of the member 111- whichl --member is guided by 'a -pin'119 slidable in an elongated portion 120 of thesleeve 112.

1 As ehereinbefore described (.Figs. 6 and- '7) thewgears' 92 and-96:.rotate in opposite directions whentheunachihe is in: operation,

the spring pressed member 1141 forces the cam 11.0 upwardly sozthat the :roller 109 engages one side ofhthelcams'urface.

causes the end 107 of the double pawl 105xtoqengagethe gear95; Asthe gear rotates This it draws the pawl 105, the shaft 90, the member 108, and levers 88 and. 89 with it and rotates the arm 140 until said lever reaches one of the stops 141 momentarily halting the rotation of the shaft 85 and all mechanism keyed thereto. The gear 95 e11- gaged by the pawl 107 continues to draw the mechanism forward, with the exception of the sleeve 112 which is keyed to the shaft 85 and the member 111 mounted thereon.

Thismovement draws the member-108 and theroller 109'overthe apex OftllBzGfllll" 110 .con'ipressing the spring'118 and forcingthe member 111 downwardlyzwhen theroller engages the other surface of thecam 110',- the 1 spring 118 returns: the member 7111 to its raised position-and forces the member-108 to theuotherside of thecam- 'This'move- =ment:rotates-the:member-108 and thess'haft 90, shiftingthevdouble pawl105 tondisengage the. end 107 from the gear 95and engage theend--106 with the gear 93 which'is rotating in an opposite direction 1301111313 of opposite directionuntil the-shaft 85. has. ro-

tated far enough for the lever 140 topengage I, the. other stop-1 12 whi ChjWllll cause the? roller -109-ag ain to acrossthe apex of thecam arm -110 andshiftz the double pawl 105 to release the engaged end--106 and :engagethe i -The shaft 90-has a double pawl member. 1105 keyed thereto, a pawl 106 on one-end 1 of which isadapted toengage the gear 93' and a pawl107 on-theother end is adapted .it isobviousthatthedength of said intervals of actuation may bewchan'gedby adjusting the position of the. stops in the arcuate slot 143 in whichuthey: illtli-IDOLUICQClII Inlthis imannerathe distributing.means:may be adjusted to distribute material on cores of different lengths. i

1 NVhat is claimed is:

1. In amaterial distributing mechanism, a rack, a material distributingmember secured thereio a pair of gears, means to rotate the gears in opposite directions, and means in eluding a resiliently mounted cam having angularly disposed surfaces engaging a'roller carried by aratchet mechanism operating at 'predeterminedx intervals to operatively asthe material in opposite directions, and adjustable means ll'ltllldll'lg an arm carried by the shaft and a pair of adjustable spaced stop members engaged thereby for changing the lengths of the intervals.

3. in a material distributing inechanisl'n, a material distributing means, a pair of gears, means to rotate the gen rs in opposite direclions, and means including; a, cam and a double pawl ratchet mechanism carrying a roller engmn'ing the cam andv operating at predetermined intervals tor opcratively associatingg; the gears alteri'iately with and thereby moving; the distributing means in opposite directions.

1. in a material distrilnitiim; mrclninism, a material distributing: n1eans,a pair oli ,ggear menus to relate the gears in opposite dirert-ious, a. ratchet mechanism including a ratchet wheel carried. by each ot the gears and a ratchet member common thereto, a roller, and a resiliently mounted ram lll'll] her engaged thereby to actuate the ratchet. member at. predetermined intervals tor operativcly associating the gears alternately with and thereby moving the distributing means in opposite directions.

5. In a material distributing mechanism, a rack, a material distributing means carried thereby, a gear meshing with the rack, a driving gear, and a ratchet mechanism including a ratchet Wheel mounted on the drivinp; gear and operated thereby and actuating: the first mentioned gear to move the rack to thereby distribute the material.

6. In a material distributing mechanism, a rack, a material distributing means carried thereby, a shaft, a gear rotatably mounted thereon and meshing with the rack, a driven gear, a ratchet mechanism including a pawl and a. ratchet Wheel carried by the driven gear and actuating: the first mentioned gear to move the rack and thereby distribute the material, a roller carried by the pawl, a resiliently mounted cam member secured to the shaft and engaged by the roller to cause a rotation of the shaft, and means including; an arm carried by the shaft and a stop member engaged thereby to stop the rotation of the shaft and thereby cause the cam member and roller to disengage the pawl from the ratchet wheel.

7. In a material di tributiiis mechanisn'n a rack. a .nuiitcrial distributing means carried thereby, a shaft, a gear rotatably mounted thereon and meshing with the rack, a pair ol' oppositely rotating gears also rotalably carried by the shaft, a ratchet wheel carried by each of the oppositely rotating gears, a ratchetmember having pawls for engaging each ol the wheels, a resiliently mounted plural surfaced cam secured to the shaft, a roller carried by the member and engaging one of the surfaces of the cam to drive the shaft and the first mentioned gear in the same direction as the ratchet Wheel. engaged by one ol' the perils, l'lKl'Ol'l) moving the rack and distributing); means in one direction, means for stopping: the rotation of the shalt to cause a relative movement between the ram member and the roller for transferring the roller to another surface of the ram and. simultaneously therewith to disei'igagc the engaged pawl and engage the other pawl with the other ratchet Wheel to rotate the sha it and the tirst mentioned gear in an opposite direction, thereby reversing the direction of the rack and the distributing means.

$3. In a material d "hitting;mechanism, a rack, a material distriliiuting means carried thereby, sha'lt, a gear rotatably mounted thereon and meshing with the rack, a pair of oppositely rotating gears also rotatably carried by the shaft, a ratchet wheel carried by each or": the oppositely rotating gears, a ratchet member having pawls for engaging each of the wheels, a resiliently mounted plural surface cam secured to the shaft, a roller carried by the member and engaging one of the surfaces of the cam to drive the shaft and the first mentioned gear in the same direction as the ratchet Wheel engaged by one ot the pawls, thereby moving the rack and distributing means in one direction, an arm carried by the shaft and adjustable means to be engaged by the arm for stopping the rotation of the shaft to cause a relative movement between the cam member and the roller for transferring the roller to another surface of the cam and sinmltaneously therewith to disengage the engaged pawl and en gauge the other pawl With the other ratchet wheel to rotate the shaft and the first mentioned gear in an opposite direction, thereby reversing the direction of the ack and the distributing means.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 21 day of March A. 1)., 1925.

JOHN \VILLIAM SAG-ER. 

